U.S. Collections, Mint Balance of Very Extensive Collection, in hingeless album to 1934, all issues extensively represented from 1851-57 issue on, with many certs throughout (annotated on pages), with cat. $2,000+ on many occasion, some condition issues on earlies as to be expected, huge cat. value, 1887 on mostly complete, also coil mint singles and pairs, better back of the book incl. Airs complete, Special Delivery, Dues mostly complete, Newspapers incl. better numbers, etc., 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine, needs close inspection, excellent lot to expand or break down for retail. Estimate $30,000-35,000.
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oU.S. Collections, Classic Group of Better Items, #9X1/38, About 76 better used item, with few later, all on black stockcards, with #1 on cover (2), #9X1 group, large group #1-2's, also #19 (2), 25 o.g., 30 no gum, 37P5, etc., usual condition for this time period, occasional cert. Estimate $12,000-15,000.
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/oU.S. Collections, Two Mint and Used Collection, 1st Scott hingeless to 1939 mostly used until later period with scattered until 1870-71 without grill, with Bank Notes to 90¢, Washington-Franklins mostly used, 1918-20 offsets on mostly mint; 2nd better collection in red Platinum album starting #1 (2), 3P4-4P4, mostly used to 1870-71 without grills, incl. dupl., shades, cancels, 1879 issue on mostly mint, with occasional dupl. used, mostly complete from Columbians (complete to $5 mint) on, no #293, extensive coil singles and pairs with 1910-11 series on virtually all mint, Pan-Pacific complete, also study of the #599 precancels in line pairs (112 of the 113 issued), Airs complete mint, no other back of the book, occasional cert, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $12,000-16,000.
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U.S. Collections, Mostly Washington-Franklin Mint Better Group, #357/629, Few hundred mostly mint incl. couple of groupings, all on black stockcards, starting #357, with some well centered, coils, also Commemoratives for the period incl. few multiples with later pl. blocks, some certs incl. #388 used (cert), 453 used pair grade 85 (cert), 505 single (3), used pair in block, few questionable, slight dupl., mostly fresh group, generally Fine to Very Fine. See lot 1235. Estimate $10,000-13,000.
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U.S. Collections, Later 19th and Early 20th Century Group of Better, #251/354, Few hundred mostly mint incl. couple of groupings, all on black stockcards, starting #251 n.h., with Bureaus to $5 dupl. mint and used incl. #263 (4 mint, 1 used), Trans-Miss. to $2 with $1 (3 mint, 1 used) and $2 mint and used, nice quality Pan-Americans, Washington-Franklins with some multiples, later period considerable n.h., few certs, usual condition for this time period, high cat., needs inspection. See lot 1231. Estimate $7,500-10,000.
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/U.S. Collections, Balance of Better Mint Collection, In Scott album to 1978, starting with 1851-56 issue, with certs (annotated) throughout and with almost no condition issues, starts with #11-13, 17 used, sparse after that until 1873 issue, 1887 on all mint with considerable n.h., nice Washington-Franklins, with some coils (some with certs), 1932 on complete; 2nd album with Airs to 2007, Special Delivery mostly complete, Parcel Post and Ducks (except #RW2) complete n.h., around 50 certs (virtually all PF), excellent colors throughout, collector had a keen eye for better quality, understated collection, overall Very Fine. Some material removed but balance still considerably above quality for what is normally seen. Estimate $6,000-8,000.
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/oU.S. Collections, Intact Mint and Used Collection, In album on Minkus pages to 1998 with occasional cert, with early used incl. #1-2, 1857-61 to 90¢ (mint), Bank Notes to 90¢ incl. #101 used (cert), 1869 to 90¢, Columbians and Trans-Miss. complete used, later issues virtually complete used 1924 on mostly mint; 2nd album back of the book with Airs complete mint except C15 on cover, Special Delivery complete mint or used, some Dues mostly used, and Parcel Post, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine. Estimate $4,000-5,000.
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/oU.S. Collections, Mint and Used Collection, on hingeless pages to 1921 with 19th Century to 1870-71 issue mostly used, mixed mint and used after that until Washington-Franklins with coils incl. pairs, also incl. 6¢ bluish paper, 467 and 505 in blocks of 9, 19th Century mixed condition, 20th Century mostly fine to very fine, inspect. Estimate $4,000-6,000.
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/U.S. Collections, Samples, Proofs and Cards of Civil War Patriotics, all Union, by category starting with Washington, consisting of 139 with vignettes each with additional Civil War cutouts samples from 1 to 3 adhering on front of each entire, 33 intact covers also 10 large proofs on card, 41 smaller cards, etc. We speculate that it was some type of sample book. Highly unusual and unique . Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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o/U.S. Collections, 1873 to 1882 Bank Note Study, specialized collection of stamps and covers organized by issue on quad pages in a Rapkin album between #158/205, nice selection of covers, many with better cancels and to a variety of destinations incl. Mexico, also stamps in groups of various denominations incl. high values, lovely oldtime collection, hard to find like this, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,500-3,500.
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/o/U.S. Collections, Specialized Collection 1893 to 1907, adhesives and covers, attractive old time specialized collection with parallel covers and stamps on quad pages in a Peerless album, incl. Columbians, First Bureaus, Trans-Miss., Pan-Americans, Louisiana Purchase and Jamestown, a wide array of cancels, shades, blocks and covers incl. various usages and advertising and featuring quite a few to Japan, also $1 and $2 Trans-Miss. singles and a used and a 4¢ plate block of four, many other better items present, careful inspection recommended, generally fine to very fine. Estimate $1,500-2,500.
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oU.S. Collections, 1918-1920, 1¢ to 3¢ Washington-Franklin Study, Used offset perf issue, flyspeck group of many hundreds, all identified and mounted on album pages in two Scott binders, vast majority of the study is 2¢ type V to VII, plus stocksheets of hundreds of unidentified, noted a few mint pl. blks., a very definitive study, perfect for the specialist, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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